India, Aug. 1 -- In the four Commonwealth Games (CWG) editions before Glasgow where India fielded a judo team, Indian judokas had won a cumulative total of five silver and six bronze medals. In Glasgow's SEC Hall 4 on Friday evening, Asmita Dey and Harsh Singh ended India's wait for a judo gold in style by winning their respective finals. Yamini Mourya added a silver medal as Indian judokas made a rousing start to their campaign.

Asmita earned the distinction of becoming India's first judo gold medallist in CWG, beating Canada's Heidi Quach by Golden Score (2-1) after the scores were tied at the end of the four-minute regulation time in the -48kg final.

The attritional bout saw both judokas refraining from being proactive early on. Quac...